The influence of intellectual currents brought by Prof. Mudjahirin Thohir, M.S. has become a place of culture in Kendal City. As one of the Professors of the Indonesian Literature Study Program, FIB UNDIP, Prof. Mudjahirin Thohir, M.S. felt the need to be a lighter of cultural traditions, especially in the field of literature in the place where he lived.
Named the Weekend Residency, a gazebo with a lyrical atmosphere that is still part of the residence of Prof. Mudjahirin Thohir, M.S. become a cultural interaction space for practitioners and audiences in Kendal. One of the literary moments covered by the Indonesian Literature Study Program FIB UNDIP was held on October 22, 2022. The activity which became one of the reception icons for the literary world became a series of literary festivals in Kendal City.
This aesthetic activity has also been enjoyed and noticed by the local community. By carrying out the mission to keep literary exclusivism away for the ‘unemployed’, this Weekend Residency tries to penetrate into the joints of the lives of the young people of Kendal City. It is evident that this activity has become a meeting room for various arts, literature, and cultural communities in Kendal City.
As one of the professors at FIB UNDIP, Prof. Mudjahirn Thohir, M.S. able to become a figure that magnetizes the cultural movement in Kendal City through the attention of several communities. This mainly started with the movement of literary activists from Lereng Medini and Kaliwungu. These two regions have several alumni from Indonesian Literature FIB UNDIP who feel the need to revive the existence of the literary world and make Prof. Mudjahirin Thohir, M.S. as a character in it.
“Civilization has gone up class. People may not know about painting, but when he buys a painting at a high price and displays it at home, he will feel that he has a civilization, has a social prestige, “said Prof. Mudjahirin Thohir, M.S. to the editor of the Indonesian Literature Study Program, FIB UNDIP.
The expression conveyed by the Professor in the field of culture and philology is an illustration that cultural activities, especially literature, have been and continue to develop in Kendal City. Painting as an aesthetic product is the analogy used by Prof. Mudjahirin Thohir, M.S. to describe the quality and expansion of literary life in Kendal City to the younger generation.
Continuing the illustration presented by Prof. Mudjahirin Thohir, M.S. It is known that the Weekend Residency activity was attended by many young people, especially those of high school age. Acceptance of the aesthetics of creation and literary activity is also part of the development of their lives in the future. To give appreciation to the activeness of these young people, several symbolic awards are planned to be given the following weekend.
The existence of literary activities initiated by the Professor of Indonesian Literature FIB UNDIP also received the attention of the Head of the Indonesian Literature Study Program, Dr. Sukarjo Waluyo, M. Hum. The Head of Indonesian Literature Study Program, FIB UNDIP saw the presence of Prof. Mudjahirin Thohir, M.S. as an icon has a great influence that is able to develop the literary life in Kendal City for the future. This then shows that the mecca of literature does not only live in big cities, but grows lushly in other cities which are not always the mecca of urban areas. (Hamdan)
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